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Synagogue desecrated by Arab rioters. Hebron.

Ghosts of a Holy War: How the 1929 Hebron massacre shaped a century of conflict

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

THE MEKOR HAIM Central Synagogue with its fort-like roof and memorial to those who fell defending the neighborhood in 1948.

My Word: The tale of one Jerusalem neighbourhood teaches resilience and hope

By LIAT COLLINS

An Arab Tahkt group performs on the radio.

Jerusalem calling: The birth of Mandate-era broadcasting in British Palestine

By ALEX WINSTON

A POSTCARD honors Noble Prize winner Rosalyn Yalow.

This week in Jewish history

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

"The Lord's House" Museum in Tel Mond, Israel

Tel Mond's agricultural history is Sir Alfred Mond's Zionist legacy

By ITZIK MAROM

THE ILL-FATED couple: Yochanan Stahl and Celia Zohar.

Murder and rape in the dunes of pre-state Israel: The story of a hike turned horror

By YISRAEL MEDAD

THE UN Security Council meets, last month, prior to voting on a resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. The resolution passed.

Thanks to the UN's bias against Israel, Islamic extremism reached Europe

By David Ben-Basat

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest as they take part in the ‘Biden: Stop supporting genocide!’ rally in New York City on January 20.

The world must be reminded of the Palestinian genocide campaign against Jews

By YISRAEL MEDAD

A SCENE from ‘Shoshana.’

Forbidden Tel Aviv love in a complicated time

By HANNAH BROWN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu bends down to make eye contact with first graders in Ma’aleh Adumim.

Grapevine September 6, 2023: How history will inscribe him

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

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This Week in History: Hebron Massacre

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘IT COULD well have been that the UK rabbis were looking at Bnei Brak’: Main street, 1928.

When UK rabbis realized hassidim drained the swamps of pre-state Israel

By LEVI COOPER

THE BUSTLING Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem turns 100.

Mahaneh Yehuda market celebrates its 100th birthday - opinion

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, last July. It is sometimes forgotten that Washington didn’t declare war on the Nazis – it was Hitler who declared war on the US.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Did the Allies do enough to help the Jews? - opinion

Rachel Kafri and Prof. Shaul Atar on her follow-up visit after implanting the pacemaker

Nahariya hospital implants cardiac pacemaker in 102-year-old woman

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

OVER THE decades since his death, Avraham “Yair” Stern has increasingly edged into the Israeli consensus, says the writer.

How should Avraham Stern be remembered? - opinion

JEWISH UNDERGROUND detainees are held at Gilgil Camp, in Kenya.

Israel needs films about Irgun, Lehi fighting the British - opinion

By YISRAEL MEDAD

MUSLIM ARMIES conquered Jerusalem in 638 CE. The occupying forces built al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the ruins of the Jewish Temples.

Jerusalem's Jewish majority has been restored after 100 years - opinion

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW